Growing up we had cleaning ladies for many years. My mom would get a new cleaning ladies every year or two. It seemed they would all start out doing a great job, but as time went on they would get sloppy and lazy.

Our cleaning people do a decent job, but not an excellent job. When they miss obvious things, like they did this week when my wife looked under the couch to get a toy that dropped and pulled out some large dust bunnies, she will call the owner and she will send them back out to re-clean if we want. We have only taken her up on that once when they did a really bad job. Overall, they do an OK job and are worth the money we pay them so that we can spend time with our kids instead of scrubbing the tub.

My wife has a friend in FL though who has had the same cleaning lady for over 20 years. She is almost like a member of their family and does a great job. I wish we could find someone like her.

I had Merry Maids 20 years ago, when I was working the 11 pm - 7 shift, making a lot of money, with no desire to spend a minute on cleaning. (I still don't have the desire, but don't have the disposable income anymore).

Pricey, yes, but I loved MM. Then again I'm not at all picky. If my friends can't write their names in the dust on my coffee table, I'm happy.

there is no way i can afford 109.00 dollars an hour. i see they have four people to clean for you. still to much money.

when i was growing up in the south we always had cleaning ladies. i have no clue what they charged, as my mom took care of it. i do know my dad was the only one that i knew that paid into social secur. for them.

guess i will have to keep looking. though i eventually get it all done, it doesn't ever seem to be clean all the time, which i always did when i could do a days cleaning.

getting old sucks. lol

babe

ps thanks for all the imput.

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